[Artemisia] Kingdom Heraldry

[Sondra Gibson]

Malkin, 

Sorry for your loss.  The real world can be very difficult from time to
time.  I don't think your note sounded short tempered at all.  Hope things
improve for you.

Gefjon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org
> [mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org]On Behalf Of Georgia
> Foster
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:57 PM
> To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Subject: [Artemisia] Kingdom Heraldry
> 
> 
> At the moment, my real world includes proper funeral 
> arangements for a great 
> grandfather who passed away Monday at the age of 102.  This 
> is only four 
> months after making funeral arrangements for a grandfather in 
> Feburary, and 
> dealing with a less-than-friendly mundane clergy.  Some peace 
> here would be 
> welcome at the moment.  I would beg forgiveness of those to whom this 
> missive may come out as a bit short in temper.  I would like 
> to have put 
> this missive off until after Saturdays funeral, but with the 
> tennor of 
> recent posts, waiting might be more disasterous than posting 
> while under 
> personal duress.
> 
> The real world does happen.
> 
> 
> When I took this herald gig in September, there were some 
> things I had hoped 
> to accomplish.
> 
> For the record ... FIRST AND FORMOST ... was to get the group 
> heralds to 
> report on a reliable basis.  That part, I am jazzed to report 
> ... is finally 
> happening.  The heralds office is not mandatory for groups 
> smaller than 
> Barony size, so finding out who the heralds office should be 
> expecting 
> reports from has been a major part of that challenge.
> 
> Along the way ... there has been a need identified for a 
> silent heralds 
> program.  That project is in infancy but is progressing.  I 
> would LOVE to 
> have someone step up and take it over.  Anyone???
> 
> Several posts recently have adressed the web page ... that is 
> being worked 
> on.  Just for the record ... Malkin knows NOTHING about web, 
> unless one is 
> discussing that pesky spider in the cupboard under the 
> stairs.  Jo knows 
> precious little more than that.  If one can't click it to 
> make it work, I 
> have no idea.  One may read into this that there is a LARGE 
> learning curve 
> happening where web is concerned.  It did not help that there 
> was  Society 
> level server move in the middle of all of that.
> 
> Additionally, several posters have commented on the online 
> OP.  Recent court 
> reports get input really quickly.  Updates have to be 
> cross-checked before 
> they get input.  If there was no court report ... then 
> updating is more 
> difficult.  Award fraud can ... and does ... happen.  
> Wormwood sent out an 
> article last month detailing why it sometimes takes so long to get a 
> correction on the OP.  One may want to revisit that post ... 
> there is some 
> really useful stuff in it.
> 
> 
> If anyone has a question with how the heraldry office is 
> being managed ... 
> please feel free to email Sageherald at yahoo.com.  I will be 
> happy to try to 
> answer your questions or direct you to someone who can.
> 
> If one believes that they have a better way ... please feel 
> free to email 
> Sageherald at yahoo.com, we are always open to suggestions on 
> how to improve.
> 
> If one has an issue with me personally ... please email me personally.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Malkin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jo (Georgia L.) Foster
> jo_foster81 at hotmail.com
> 
> Cynicism is not realistic or tough - it is unrealistic and 
> kind of cowardly, 
> because it means you don't have to try ... Peggy Noonan
> 
> 
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